In search of authenticity that is a lot of artificiality.

~ Andrew Robertson -

In search of authenticity that is a lot of artificiality.

~ Andrew Robertson -

To give new talent these budgets and underexplored characters and knock out this kind of assembly line nonsense is what got printed comic books into the doldrums that they're still in.

~ Andrew Robertson -

To give new talent these budgets and underexplored characters and knock out this kind of assembly line nonsense is what got printed comic books into the doldrums that they're still in.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If there's a key to unlocking the mystery it's pretty clearly signposted, shining even.

~ Andrew Robertson -

If there's a key to unlocking the mystery it's pretty clearly signposted, shining even.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It seems some alloy of leaden and brazen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It seems some alloy of leaden and brazen.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Lesson is a treat. It's properly constructed, beautifully played. It might not quite cleave to classical unities but it knows enough to weave its course among them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Lesson is a treat. It's properly constructed, beautifully played. It might not quite cleave to classical unities but it knows enough to weave its course among them.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tired, bloated, crude, stumbling, and showing its age, Expendables as a franchise is perhaps a reflection of some of its cast.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Tired, bloated, crude, stumbling, and showing its age, Expendables as a franchise is perhaps a reflection of some of its cast.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Detail abounds. Glorious detail.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Detail abounds. Glorious detail.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Will anyone see this who wouldn't anyway?

~ Andrew Robertson -

Will anyone see this who wouldn't anyway?

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is Scorsese at his, one hesitates to say peak, but absolute.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It is Scorsese at his, one hesitates to say peak, but absolute.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite its scale this is a small story, and at that level it's classic science fiction.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Despite its scale this is a small story, and at that level it's classic science fiction.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Its unreliable geographies, human and physical, make it even more beguiling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Its unreliable geographies, human and physical, make it even more beguiling.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As indicative as John's story is, there's barely room in nearly two hours to cover much beyond the basics.

~ Andrew Robertson -

As indicative as John's story is, there's barely room in nearly two hours to cover much beyond the basics.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a disassociation between the original's ennui and what might be the consequences of sleep deprivation. There's also a rebalancing of its violence, and it might be that which most discomfits.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a disassociation between the original's ennui and what might be the consequences of sleep deprivation. There's also a rebalancing of its violence, and it might be that which most discomfits.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bright, breezy, and most importantly fun.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Bright, breezy, and most importantly fun.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There may be other movies this year that'll give you the wisdom of "gay Yoda" or that reflect the slippery "hobbies to terrorism" pipeline. There won't be many with public address announcements that blur the lines between unreliable narration and inner ear disorders

~ Andrew Robertson -

There may be other movies this year that'll give you the wisdom of "gay Yoda" or that reflect the slippery "hobbies to terrorism" pipeline. There won't be many with public address announcements that blur the lines between unreliable narration and inner ear disorders

~ Andrew Robertson -

Even at its most epic there's something lacklustre about it all, as if the whole thing were being printed in ink-saving mode.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Even at its most epic there's something lacklustre about it all, as if the whole thing were being printed in ink-saving mode.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Jacob Oostra's work in sound design is part of an overwhelming naturalism, an intimacy of sensation and a sense of intimacy.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Jacob Oostra's work in sound design is part of an overwhelming naturalism, an intimacy of sensation and a sense of intimacy.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sweet, light, funny and perhaps most merrily, musical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sweet, light, funny and perhaps most merrily, musical.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain isn't worth leaving home for, and to be honest I'm not sure it's worth any time on your sofa either.

~ Andrew Robertson -

The Treasure Of Foggy Mountain isn't worth leaving home for, and to be honest I'm not sure it's worth any time on your sofa either.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's big, traditional, film-making, anchored in some quality performances.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's big, traditional, film-making, anchored in some quality performances.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dumas may have provided the mettle but everyone here has sharpened it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dumas may have provided the mettle but everyone here has sharpened it.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Wish feels like one granted, a treat from start to finish.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Wish feels like one granted, a treat from start to finish.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I did laugh a few times.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I did laugh a few times.

~ Andrew Robertson -

When Godzilla Minus One shines it is devastating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

When Godzilla Minus One shines it is devastating.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's pleasant enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's pleasant enough.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are so many shots through things, boundaries, borders, thresholds, that we are primed for other barriers crossed. Those transgressions are not light ones, but in them is an abject honesty.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What I most noted the return of was not kings but pacing issues.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What I most noted the return of was not kings but pacing issues.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a credited law enforcement consultant, and I will spare their blushes because I actually suspect that there's a more credible depiction of tactics and techniques in the Paw Patrol movies.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There's a credited law enforcement consultant, and I will spare their blushes because I actually suspect that there's a more credible depiction of tactics and techniques in the Paw Patrol movies.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Dune at least looks, sounds, amazing, though not always.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While it's pretty, and often startlingly so, I was and am disappointed. I thought some of the changes made brave, even bravura, but others feel like capitulation.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While it's pretty, and often startlingly so, I was and am disappointed. I thought some of the changes made brave, even bravura, but others feel like capitulation.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Argylle isn't a delicate or even restrained construction, thread-bare and candy-coloured to the point that if it were underwear it'd be both crotchless and edible.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Argylle isn't a delicate or even restrained construction, thread-bare and candy-coloured to the point that if it were underwear it'd be both crotchless and edible.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Painting by numbers and staying comfortably within the lines might pass time but I wouldn't call it entertainment.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Painting by numbers and staying comfortably within the lines might pass time but I wouldn't call it entertainment.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is one of the few films I've seen where a length of ribbon drew a round of applause.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is one of the few films I've seen where a length of ribbon drew a round of applause.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Even these fantasies are grounded in locale.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Even these fantasies are grounded in locale.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Never did a doily indicate such doom, nor the vain hope of a banner on a Coronation mug convey such gloom.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Never did a doily indicate such doom, nor the vain hope of a banner on a Coronation mug convey such gloom.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Uncertainty is drawn to different poles like a malfunctioning compass.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Uncertainty is drawn to different poles like a malfunctioning compass.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is more an introduction to Douglas as a man than a creator.

~ Andrew Robertson -

This is more an introduction to Douglas as a man than a creator.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Chastain and Hathaway have tremendous chemistry, screen presence.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Chastain and Hathaway have tremendous chemistry, screen presence.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Video game storytelling has advanced quite a bit, to be clear, but as with so many things large chunks of Godzilla X Kong are trapped in the early 1980s.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Video game storytelling has advanced quite a bit, to be clear, but as with so many things large chunks of Godzilla X Kong are trapped in the early 1980s.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are places where constraint has given Monkey Man opportunities to invent and flourish and it has been fruitful.

~ Andrew Robertson -

There are places where constraint has given Monkey Man opportunities to invent and flourish and it has been fruitful.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Simply put, I don't know what it's trying to do, and I don't know if it does either.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Simply put, I don't know what it's trying to do, and I don't know if it does either.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I think that Civil War succeeds but I'm still not sure what it's hoping to say.

~ Andrew Robertson -

I think that Civil War succeeds but I'm still not sure what it's hoping to say.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sometimes the rumblings are of the Shaw Brothers, at others the Marx Brothers.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Sometimes the rumblings are of the Shaw Brothers, at others the Marx Brothers.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Hoard goes further, creeps around, becomes something you can start to smell, to taste.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While Framestore and Cadence have notionally brought the various creatures to 'life' they've not got that vital spark one would hope for.

~ Andrew Robertson -

While Framestore and Cadence have notionally brought the various creatures to 'life' they've not got that vital spark one would hope for.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a stodgy interpretation of something that wasn't that fresh to begin with.

~ Andrew Robertson -

It's a stodgy interpretation of something that wasn't that fresh to begin with.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You've seen it all before, but that's its strength. That cranked footage, those desperate eyes, the obscuring sand.

~ Andrew Robertson -

You've seen it all before, but that's its strength. That cranked footage, those desperate eyes, the obscuring sand.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Film is an assemblage, a team effort, and in foregrounding the unsung The Fall Guy gets its mix wrong.

~ Andrew Robertson -

Film is an assemblage, a team effort, and in foregrounding the unsung The Fall Guy gets its mix wrong.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A small and human story in the sweep of a West both mythic and mundane.

~ Andrew Robertson -

A small and human story in the sweep of a West both mythic and mundane.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What Longlegs has in mind worked better by implication.

~ Andrew Robertson -

What Longlegs has in mind worked better by implication.

~ Andrew Robertson -